[pmg4lktan]

Hi guys,

got the message saying that "A disc cannot contain both NTSC and PAL media." in Toast Titanium as i have about 17-18 MPEGs to burn to VCD ... i deleted some and it did burn the VCD after all ... however, i need to know is there anyway to check which of the MPEG is in PAL and which in NTSC? as i check with QuickTime, all of them are in 320x240 resolution ... so, can anyone help me with this? i need to identify whether it is NTSC or PAL ... then i would also like to know how i can batch convert them to the right format so that i can burn all of them together without getting the message anymore ... explaination on PAL and NTSC would be very well appreciated ... Thanks in advance!

[wulf]

For MPEGs, generally the easiest way to tell them apart will be frame rate: PAL is 25 fps, NTSC is 30 fps.

(Strictly speaking, NTSC is actually 29.97 fps, so you may see that number given instead.)

[pmg4lktan]

Originally posted by wulf:
For MPEGs, generally the easiest way to tell them apart will be frame rate: PAL is 25 fps, NTSC is 30 fps.

(Strictly speaking, NTSC is actually 29.97 fps, so you may see that number given instead.)

i see ... thanks for the information ... now i see why i cannot put them together ...

is there anyway to standardise all of the MPEG files? is there any shareware/freeware to BATCH convert (or re-adjust the fps) them? Thanks in advance!

[cnelson87]

I've noticed that Toast will re-encode 320x240 mpegs into 352x240.

[pmg4lktan]

Originally posted by cnelson87:
I've noticed that Toast will re-encode 320x240 mpegs into 352x240.

thanks, but i also noticed that if i'm burning 2-3 MPEGs, it's OK, however not until 10++ MPEGs consist of PAL and NTSC ...

hmmm ...